'Nuts in May'
- Episode aired Jan 13, 1976
- 1h 21m
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
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- TriviaThe registration number of the Morris Minor has the letters "BY". Really used by the Croydon vehicle registration office in the days before regionalisation.
- GoofsWhen Keith stops the car to give Ray a lift it is pouring with rain, yet when they start driving the wipers are wiping a dry windscreen.
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[Keith and Candice Marie are perched next to Corfe Castle, surveying the surrounding countryside]
Keith: Look at this view, Brownsea Island, Round Island, the Lakeland of Dorset... pity about the power station in the background, never mind... there are the heaths, Newton Heath, Rempstone Heath, Witch Heath... disused railway line going up to Wareham... and the great nimbocumulus rising above it all like great puffs of cotton wool.
Candice Marie: Look at all this rubbish Keith.
Keith: What?
Candice Marie: Isn't it awful, look at all those tin cans.
Keith: [disinterested] Yes...
Candice Marie: Just imagine Keith, if all the people who lived here could come back... to all these crisp bags and sweet papers, they'd be horrified wouldn't they?
Keith: They'd find it difficult to comprehend all the changes that have taken place in the world.
Candice Marie: Do you think they do come back Keith?
Keith: What?
Candice Marie: Their ghosts.
Keith: No...
[Keith is distracted momentarily by something in the distance]
Keith: There's a car going up the B3351.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Arena: Mike Leigh Making Plays (1982)
that's how I feel about this made for TV film, from the seventies, if you are a fan of Independent cinema, then I urge you to go out and buy this film,. Mike Leigh, along with Ken Loach are arguably Britains' best film makers, and although not to everyones taste, you can only enjoy films such as Nuts in May, how can a film about a strict vegetarian couple on a camping trip can be so good? I hear you ask , trust me it is. I don't want to spoil this for anyone who has not seen it, but you will almost wet yourself with laughter. Special mention must go to Roger Sloman, who is one of the most underrated British actors ever. He has turned out in mostly the same role as a 'typical b*****d' such as Keith Pratt, and the TV man/holiday maker in Neils bedroom in the Young Ones. Along with Alison Steadman ( another Mike Leigh regular )
the performances are fantastic, watch out for the scene where they 'force' fellow camper Ray to join in their sing-a-long, Unforgettable * * * * *
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- Jul 4, 2002